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      <title>DAILY: Inactive website insufficient to prove bad-faith use</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Mediaset SpA, the biggest Italian and Spanish private TV group, has lost a case filed under the UDRP in relation to the domain name ‘mediaset.com’. Among other things, the panel found that the fact that the domain name was inactive was, by itself, insufficient to prove bad-faith use. The case also shows that inadvertently allowing a domain name to lapse can be a very expensive error.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: OXY not descriptive of skincare products</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Board of Appeal has annulled a decision of the Estonian Patent Office in which the latter had refused to register the trademark OXY for skincare products in Classes 3 and 5. Among other things, the applicant had argued that the Patent Office had not filed any evidence that could prove that the word 'oxy' was used in the Estonian language and in the course of trade.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Companies should ensure that domain names are registered using company's name</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Cool-View LLC has lost a case filed under the UDRP in relation to the domain name ‘cool-view.com’. The domain name had been registered by the respondent, Dave Medinis, inventor and founder of Cool-View. A single-member panel ruled that the respondent was allowed to retain ownership of the domain name on the basis that there had been no bad-faith registration and use, as required for a transfer under the UDRP.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Top 10 trademark news stories for April</title>
      <description><![CDATA[WTR’s most read story for April centred on ambitious plans for a gTLD-driven new superbrand. However, all was not what it seemed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Goods manufactured contrary to licence agreement are not &quot;genuine goods&quot;</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Paul’s Retail Pty Ltd v Sporte Leisure Pty Ltd, the Full Court of the Federal Court has confirmed that the exclusive rights of a trademark owner will be infringed by the importation into Australia of goods bearing the registered mark in circumstances where the terms of the relevant manufacturing licence restricted the supply of the goods and the use of the mark to India.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Right to information injunction at pre-trial stage: Supreme Court gives the green light</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has put an end to the controversy surrounding the interpretation of Article L716-7-1 of the IP Code, which implemented Articles 6 and 8 of the IP Rights Enforcement Directive into French law. Article L716-7-1 introduced a right to information, thereby allowing trademark owners to request an injunction against an infringer to communicate key information to the court.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Top 10 legal updates for April</title>
      <description><![CDATA[WTR Premium Updates, available to subscribers, provide daily case law bulletins from across the globe. Leading the list of most-read updates in April was the decision showing that the 'bad faith' analysis under Article 52(1)(b) of the Community Trademark Regulation is subjective and that tribunals can reach different conclusions based on the same facts.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: One-second-long image of 'luxury' basketball in TV ad dilutes Louis Vuitton's marks</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Louis Vuitton Malletier SA v Hyundai Motor America, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has awarded summary judgment to Louis Vuitton on its federal and state dilution claims based on Hyundai’s use of a basketball featuring images that called to mind those associated with Louis Vuitton and its trademarks. The case is also notable for its discussion of the differences between dilution and infringement surveys.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Heineken victorious in parallel imports case</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has upheld a decision of the Ninth Commercial Appeals Court in which the latter had imposed a fine on Russian company Elitvoda Ru for importing Heineken Ceská republika beer without the trademark owner’s authorisation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=3a75cc53-5a29-41a7-8b48-0501bfb83799</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Supreme Court sets the tone for IP cases</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court’s IP Tribunal has issued its 2011 Case Report, which contains 34 guiding precedents covering almost all fields of IP litigation. Importantly, the Supreme Court used the precedents to establish rules for 44 key legal issues that have often caused disputes in IP cases.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Recovering reputation – how BP is turning the tide of consumer perception</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Two years ago WTR considered the role the trademark team could play in managing BP’s corporate reputation in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. A new study suggests that the company has made positive progress over the past 24 months, with the key takeaway being that sometimes actions speak louder than a managed message.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=091b0d69-7e63-4534-a99b-b3664aa541fd</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Supreme Court clarifies when mark is suggestive, rather than descriptive</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Liebherr-International AG v Department of Intellectual Property, the Supreme Court has held that the Board of Trademarks had erred in finding that the mark BIOFRESH for “apparatus for refrigerating and freezing” was not registrable because it lacked distinctiveness. The Supreme Court found that BIOFRESH was suggestive, rather than descriptive.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=32c63c4b-89b9-431c-a1d2-4d870249c76a</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Growth in '.eu' domain names as extension celebrates sixth anniversary</title>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the latest quarterly progress report from EURid, the ‘.eu’ registry, at the end of 2011 there were a total of 3.5 million ‘.eu’ registered domain names, representing growth of 5.5% when compared with the fourth quarter of 2010. Even though ‘.eu’ was launched six years ago, not all issues relating to the registration rules have been resolved, and one case in particular, known as Pie Optiek, is still pending before the ECJ.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=74a79a5c-851e-4e16-9894-3028f1250a81</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Will new initiative strengthen the trademark-marketing relationship?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The tensions that can exist between trademark counsel and their marketing counterparts have been well-chronicled. Analysis of the relationship often focuses on misunderstanding of the trademark function but a new industry initiative is seeking to deepen the trademark-marketing relationship by encouraging marketers to become active players in the fight against counterfeiting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=60950b5d-2800-4194-b194-f5484bfa6efa</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Trademarks are the foundation upon which IP value creation is built</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The annual INTA meeting – the USTA meeting as was – is by far the oldest and biggest annual IP event of them all. It brings together delegates from dozens of countries and totally takes over every city in which it is held. This year in Washington DC is no exception. Everywhere you look there are delegates wandering the streets with INTA passes hung round their necks. Many are jet-lagged, some are slightly befuddled, all are looking for the next law firm reception or heading to the convention centre for a session or a meeting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: When trademarks drive business: The Lacoste experience</title>
      <description><![CDATA[An often-discussed issue in the trademark world is the level of board engagement with the IP function. For some organisations, attaining senior management buy-in can be a struggle, for others – particularly in brand led businesses – management places trademarks at the center of its business strategy. The latter is the case at Lacoste SA, as Michel Lacoste, chairman of the board, told WTR.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Sainsbury’s, John Lewis, Asda: leading UK names fail to own their trademarks in China</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Some of Britain’s best known retailers are among those who have missed the trademark boat in China. The trademarks for several of the UK’s leading retailers are revealed to be in the hands of Chinese companies and individuals, presenting a problem as these brands seek to move east into a potentially huge marketplace.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Counterfeits: a silver lining?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Perusing the INTA exhibition hall, among the usual names is a charity that works with brands to redistribute counterfeit goods to disadvantaged people the world over. Though this is putting counterfeits to good use, will brand owners be wary of the dangers of placing fakes back onto the market?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Beware the creeping growth of trademark law?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Copying an unprotected concept or design used to be called competition; now it is known as trademark infringement. So said Christine Haight Farley, of the American University’s Washington School of Law, speaking in a well-attended session held this morning at the INTA annual meeting in Washington DC. Along with her fellow panellists Farley was exploring the challenges created by what all three agreed is the steady expansion of trademark law.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Federal Supreme Court: defendant has burden of proving that goods are genuine</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The German Federal Supreme Court has issued two important decisions concerning the burden of proving that products are genuine and the doctrine of exhaustion of trademark rights. These decisions could represent a major boost for trademark owners in their fight against counterfeiting and parallel imports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Trademark counsel urged to embrace the reality of gTLDs</title>
      <description><![CDATA[While the delayed gTLD reveal date has prevented trademark counsel attending this year’s INTA Annual Meeting from discussing the full list of applications, gTLDs remain a hot topic in DC, with ICANN stating that the TLD application system (TAS) held 2,091 applications when it was taken offline. This morning the conference opened with a call for brand owners to embrace the reality of the expanded online space.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Failure to actively use domain name not in itself evidence of bad faith</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Spain-based company Vacaciones eDreams SL has failed to obtain the transfer of the domain name ‘edreams.com.au’ under the auDRP, the dispute resolution policy for ‘.au’ domain names. Among other things, the panel believed that the respondent's stated planned use was not intended to give rise to confusion with the complainant, especially given the evidence of substantial third-party use of the term ‘eDreams’ in a variety of fields.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Learning from the past – the evolution of INTA and the annual meeting</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This year’s INTA annual meeting is the biggest yet. While final numbers are not yet in, as it stands more than 9,500 attendees have descended on Washington DC. Executive director Alan Drewsen took time out from a busy schedule to sit down with WTR and look back at the evolution of the event.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Shared platform at INTA points to progress on OHIM strategic initiatives</title>
      <description><![CDATA[WTR previously reported on OHIM’s plans to make IP protection more accessible to business. At this year’s INTA conference some of the first fruits of those efforts are on display and, for the first time, OHIM is exhibiting at INTA as part of the European Trade Mark and Design Network, a collaboration between Alicante and national IP offices aimed at converging practice and the user experience across Europe.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Owner of Popeye and Wimpy figurative marks prevents registration of combined mark</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Tthe State Office for Inventions and Trademarks has rejected an application to register the combined trademark POLDO, which contained a representation of the cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor and Wimpy, based on an opposition filed by Hearst Holdings Inc, the owner of figurative trademarks representing these cartoon characters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Official mark declared void as holder is not 'public authority'</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Maple Leaf Foods Inc v Consorzio Del Prosciutto Di Parma, the Federal Court has held the Consorzio Del Prosciutto Di Parma’s official mark PARMA to be ineffective to give rise to any rights or prohibitions under the Trademarks Act, invalid and void ab initio. Among other things, the court found that the Consorzio was not a ‘public authority’ within the meaning of Section 9 of the act.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: INTA gets down with the kids to push anti-counterfeiting message</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Today saw the official launch on INTA’s Unreal campaign, which aims to educate teens about the value of trademarks and the negative effects of counterfeiting. It may also help shape the IP professional of tomorrow.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: The buzz is back at the INTA</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The INTA has found its mojo once again. After what have seemed like several flat annual meetings in a row, the buzz around the convention centre in Washington DC, where this year’s event is taking place, has been palpable. The conversations are more animated, the exhibition hall is busier, the sessions are more incisive; and as for the evening receptions, well let’s just say that they have been lively and leave it at that!  All in all it’s just like it used to be; except that there are many more people in attendance – a record number, in fact, with...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: The ITC can be an effective anti-counterfeiting weapon, but maybe only for the rich</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A lively session at the INTA conference today looked at new strategies for combatting counterfeiters. One of the alternative approaches discussed was ITC litigation. While the speakers offered some compelling case studies, use of the ITC for trademark-related dispute remains low. Is that set to change?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=0f8bc294-4da7-48f4-8167-2298d570c0a6</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Board of Appeal rebuked for failing to take into account error made by OHIM</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Brainlab AG v OHIM, the General Court has annulled a decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM in which the latter had rejected an application for restitutio in integrum and ruled that the applicant’s CTM had expired. OHIM had removed, by error, the reference to the applicant’s appointed representatives from its database and, for that reason, had not sent a notification to them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=9fb12dce-7291-4557-9bb5-ee0226944069</link>
      <guid>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=9fb12dce-7291-4557-9bb5-ee0226944069</guid>
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      <title>DAILY: Revealed: the ground-breaking in-house trademark teams</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Last night, taking a short break from receptions organised by others, WTR turned host and celebrated the best in-house trademark counsel in the industry at the sixth annual Industry Awards ceremony. Among those honoured were teams from adidas, Mars and BMW, with Alan Drewsen picking up the Lifetime Achievement award.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=1a34d7c4-34e1-42a7-b9ae-440e9c410079</link>
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      <title>DAILY: German pet food manufacturer wins bad-faith case against Serbian company</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Commercial Appellate Court of Belgrade has upheld a decision of the Commercial Court of Belgrade in which the latter had found that the defendant, a Serbian importer and producer of pet food, had registered the marks GIMPET and GIMBORN in bad faith. The marks belonged to the defendant’s business partner, German pet food manufacturer Gimborn.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=fe96b2ad-1e46-4c1a-b091-319dcb944ac3</link>
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      <title>DAILY: gTLD application process to resume in two weeks, reveal date still unknown</title>
      <description><![CDATA[ICANN has announced that May 22 is the target date for the reopening of the TLD Application System. However, as yet there is no indication of the projected reveal date for applications.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=90b063a3-38ea-4223-b133-8c3372ab4bcc</link>
      <guid>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=90b063a3-38ea-4223-b133-8c3372ab4bcc</guid>
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      <title>DAILY: Practice regarding registration of trademarks containing INNs is clarified</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ukrainian Institute of Industrial Property has upheld a decision of the Appellate Board in which the latter had held that Celgene Corporation’s trademark THALIDOMIDE CELGENE should be registered for a limited list of goods, with a disclaimer for 'thalidomide'. The decision is significant in that it clarifies the institute’s practice with regard to the registration of trademarks containing INNs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=7a78fc85-ddb9-4c8e-9521-88232ec8f952</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Case involving liability of online trading platform selected as Top IP Case for 2011</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has released its Top IP Cases for 2011. One case that stands out is a dispute between Taobao.com, China's largest online trading platform, and a local brand owner, in which Taobao was found to have failed to take effective and necessary measures to stop infringing activities. The fact that it is listed in the Top IP Cases reveals the Supreme Court's inclination with regard to the liability of online trading platforms.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: More stumbling blocks for ACTA as Switzerland delays and Kroes expresses misgivings</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement has returned to the headlines, as Switzerland delays signing and a senior European Union politician openly doubts that it will be ratified. However, further scrutiny by signatories should not be seen as a sign of the agreement’s likely demise.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=584d29a8-3791-4f05-b838-ee43df6f2371</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Use of mark in connection with resale of old stock is not genuine use</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Cycleeurope AB v Dansk Supermarked A/S, the Maritime and Commercial Court has cancelled the trademark PUCH on the grounds of non-use. Among other things, the court held that use of the mark in connection with resale from old stock could not be regarded as normal marketing activity by the trademark owner.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=27867829-1e01-40c2-bf32-dfb2d3919d97</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Laches period begins from knowledge of confusing use, not mere knowledge of use</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Ray Communications Inc v Clear Channel Communications Inc, reviewing a laches defence to a trademark infringement claim, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has held that a district court had applied the wrong legal standard in determining when the defence was triggered, incorrectly measuring the laches period from the date the plaintiff first knew of the defendants’ use of a similar mark.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: ICANN orders Chinese registrar to stand and deliver</title>
      <description><![CDATA[ICANN has issued Chinese registrar eName Technology with a notice of breach of the registrar accreditation agreement after the domain name ‘1111.com’ was allegedly hijacked earlier this year and the registrar failed to respond to ICANN's request for information. In the wake of the launch of the new gTLDs, this case highlights the enormous responsibility entailed in acting as a domain name registrar.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=3bfd8238-1704-406b-8a3e-87b5c70b992d</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Plaintiffs may recover attorneys' fees in addition to statutory damages</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Louis Vuitton Malletier SA v LY USA Inc, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has considered for the first time whether a trademark owner who elects to recover statutory damages for a defendant’s counterfeiting rather than actual damages and defendant’s profits is precluded from also recovering attorneys’ fees.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=f8f5c1c8-66cb-46bb-98b1-7e04a8a82000</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Supreme Court confirms domain name infringement, but reduces fine</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Administrative Court has upheld a decision of the Commission for the Protection of Competition in which the latter had fined a Sofia-based company for using a domain name that was confusingly similar to that of a competitor. The commission had imposed a fine amounting to 2% of the company’s 2008 turnover, but the court ruled that this amount was unjustified.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=b680dc30-7096-499e-bf02-725dab09335c</link>
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      <title>DAILY: Pernod Ricard goes on the offensive after Supreme Court blow</title>
      <description><![CDATA[No sooner had the US Supreme Court refused to review the decision of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia which prevented the renewal of Pernod Ricard’s HAVANA CLUB trademark registration in the United States, than the multinational drinks company came out fighting – unveiling a new brand for its Cuban-produced rum.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=98973338-be79-4f1c-8329-ed95a4bce171</link>
      <guid>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=98973338-be79-4f1c-8329-ed95a4bce171</guid>
      <author>(WTR Daily)</author>
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      <title>DAILY: No evidence that words contained in earlier marks had ceased to be descriptive</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Mars New Zealand Limited v Heinz Wattie's Limited, the High Court has overturned a decision of the assistant commissioner of trademarks refusing to register the mark ADVANCE ADVANCED PET NUTRITION based on the earlier marks CHAMP ADVANCED DOG NUTRITION and ADVANCED DOG NUTRITION. Among other things, the court was not convinced that the words ‘advanced dog nutrition’ had ceased to be descriptive.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=a2dc4d96-5e9d-44f4-936a-c9c0a3e61f33</link>
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      <author>(WTR Daily)</author>
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      <title>DAILY: Government gives advice on misleading business names</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Office of Fair Trading has issued a document entitled "Misleading or Otherwise Undesirable Names", which deals with all forms of unsuitability of business names. Although the OFT makes it clear that “[t]he protection of its trademarks or goodwill is of itself a matter for individual businesses to address”, it recognises that there are times when the choice of a business name can have substantial repercussions for IP owners and consumers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=a4c1ccda-87ec-4055-8d83-9848496be4e4</link>
      <guid>http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=a4c1ccda-87ec-4055-8d83-9848496be4e4</guid>
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      <title>DAILY: Let's talk about '.sx' (and others)</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The registry for ‘.sx’, the ccTLD for Sint Maarten, has announced the launch of the ‘.sx’ extension. The sunrise period will run from May 3 to July 4 2012 - during this period, holders of any registered national trademarks will be able to apply for the corresponding ‘.sx’ domain name, provided that the mark was registered on or before March 1 2011. Meanwhile, domain name registrations under ‘.cw’, the ccTLD for Curaçao, have been open since February 1 2012.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>EVENT: ACG Conference 2012 </title>
      <description><![CDATA[30 May, London
IPR ENFORCEMENT:  The Olympics – The Challenge!
This conference, to be held in Wembley Stadium’s Wembley Suite, will showcase the measures protecting rights holders, sponsors and consumers before and during 'the Games of the XXXth Olympiad', assessing  the main lessons to be learned from Beijing, and the likely value of the legacy from the 2012 Games for IPR enforcement in the future. Speakers will be drawn from government, law enforcement and the Olympics organisers. A black-tie dinner, with pitch view, will take place on May 29 2012.]]></description>
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      <title>DAILY: Misleading UDRP exhibits could create liability under ACPA</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In ISystems v Spark Networks Ltd, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has held that a company that allegedly redacted portions of an exhibit submitted in connection with a complaint under the UDRP may be liable for misrepresentation under the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: '.no' registry launches major data cleansing operation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[NORID, the registry responsible for ‘.no’ domain names, has launched a data cleansing operation to update the ownership details for registered domain names in line with the registration requirements for ‘.no’ domain names. NORID’s tightening-up actions seem to go against the general trend of liberalisation for ccTLDs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Spain removed from Special 301 Report's Watch List</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Office of the US Trade Representative published its latest Special 301 Report on April 30 2012. There was good news for Spain, which was removed from the Watch List. The report applauds the swift measures taken by the country, but warns that, in practice, the police and the judges themselves have become somewhat relaxed in combatting IP offences over the internet.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DAILY: Pressure mounts on ICANN's 'digital archery' batching proposal</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the wake of the gTLD application system meltdown, the Intellectual Property Constituency is calling for a rethink on ICANN’s ‘digital archery’ batching system. The Internet Society of China has also weighed into the issue, calling for a public comment period on the proposed system.]]></description>
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